April 7, 2010 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov Monte Marlin White Sands Missile Range, N.M. 575-678-1134 wsmrpao@conus.army.mil MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-052 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO PREVIEW TEST OF NEW LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM HOUSTON -- NASA has set a launch date and a media preview day for its next flight test, called Pad Abort 1. The flight t ...Continue Reading

April 7, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-077 SPACE AVAILABLE: NASA EMBRACES OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE WASHINGTON -- Whether using social networks to allow students to interact directly with astronauts, or creating a cloud computing platform to give unprecedented access to scientific data, NASA's embrace of Open Government has made it a leader among federal agencies. In December 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive calling ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRE IN CENTRAL CHILE A large fire in central Chile in early April scorched thousands of acres of natural woodland, pasture, and timber plantations. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43454&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 06, 2010 (Posted on Apr 07, 2010 10:40 AM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 upda ...Continue Reading

There are 4 messages totalling 152 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #03 2. NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY 3. Helping the Smallest of Mankind Johnson Space Center Engineers Collaborate on Neonatal Transport Project 4. STS-131 MCC Status Report #04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:17:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #03 STS-131 Report #03 Tuesday ...Continue Reading

April 6, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-024 NASA AWARDS BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES CONTRACT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has selected Deltha-Critique NSS Joint Venture of New Orleans to receive a contract for business operations and technical services at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. The contract ha ...Continue Reading

April 6, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-023 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $335 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation, rescue and related services in 2013 and 2014. The firm-fixed price modific ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Hundreds of fires were detected across Southeast Asia in February 2010. Widespread fires are a common occurrence during the region's annual dry season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43419&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 05, 2010 (Posted on Apr 06, 2010 10:12 AM) -- SEVERE STO ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 140 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #01 2. MONTEREY STUDENTS SET TO RECEIVE CALL FROM ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER 3. STS-131 MCC Status Report #02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:30:54 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #01 STS-131 Report #01 Monday, April 5, 2010 - 2 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Dust raked across the bowl of the Taklimakan Desert in western China on March 31, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43404&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 31, 2010 (Posted on Apr 02, 2010 6:11 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 3 new im ...Continue Reading

April 5, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov Alan Richmond Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. 831-656-3649 abrichmo@nps.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-047 MONTEREY STUDENTS SET TO RECEIVE CALL FROM ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER WASHINGTON -- Eighth grade students and children of the military community in California's Monterey Penin ...Continue Reading